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For subscription information, email gridfree@gridtoday.com All comments regarding content should be sent to: grideditor@gridtoday.com -------------------- * -------------------- [ ] 740083 ) Sun Microsystems More Horsepower to Solve Today's Most Critical Business Problems IN THIS ISSUE: [ ] 102621) NEW RECORD SET IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING [ ] 102625) FIRST PHASE OF TeraGrid GOES INTO PRODUCTION [ ] 102628) GridIron, ADOBE TO BUNDLE COMMERCIAL GRID SOLUTION FOR SMBs [ ] 740073 ) CALL FOR SPEAKERS GRID TODAY 2004 (Gt04) -- the first major conference and exhibition to focus on the emerging market for commercial business applications of Grid computing, has issued a Call for Speakers We are looking for high-level speakers from commercial organizations to speak on applications and implementation of Grid computing http://www.gridtoday.com SPECIAL FEATURES =========================================================== [ ] 102621) NEW RECORD SET IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING The Distributed Computing Foundation's "Man vs. Machines Challenge," presented by Y3K, set a new Guinness world record in distributed computing. This new record more than doubles the number of machines seen in previous contests between distributed computers and a single human opponent. [ ] 102622) ORACLE EXEC SPEAKS OF COMPANY'S FUTURE ON LINUX Addressing thousands of attendees at LinuxWorld, the vice president of Oracle's Linux Platform Office, Dave Dargo, delivered the message that Oracle on Linux provides the ideal foundation for enterprise Grid computing. [ ] 102623) THIS WEEK'S BRIEF ANALYSES OF RECENT GRIDtoday NEWS ITEMS By Rolf McClellan Following are brief evaluations of recent news stories from GRIDtoday. Rolf McClellan has nearly 20 years of experience in the network and computer industry. [ ] 102624) VENDORS SCRAMBLE TO IMPLEMENT SOA Vendors are thinking more and more about service-oriented architectures, or SOAs these days. Different solutions are appearing as vendors change or add to their products to enable SOA, and vendors are taking notice. [ ] 102625) FIRST PHASE OF TeraGrid GOES INTO PRODUCTION The first computing systems of the National Science Foundation's TeraGrid project are in production mode, making 4.5 teraflops of distributed computing power available to scientists across the country who are conducting research in a wide range of disciplines, from astrophysics to environmental science. [ ] 102626) THE POSSIBILITIES OF 'WEB SERVICES' Though the term "Web Services" is familiar with many technical and engineering experts on college campuses, many people may be unsure as to what the term actually means. [ ] 740078 ) Intel - Creating a Virtual Worldwide Network of Grid Computing Power SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE ========================================================= [ ] 102627) AKAMAI, EQUINIX TO EXPAND CONTENT DELIVERY IN U.S., ASIA In addition to directly connecting to networks within Equinix's Internet hubs via private cross-connects, Akamai will utilize Equinix's GigE Exchange service in the Washington, D.C., and Silicon Valley-area centers. [ ] 102628) GridIron, ADOBE TO BUNDLE COMMERCIAL GRID SOLUTION FOR SMBs Adobe will use GridIron Software's Grid computing technology to increase the speed of the preview and rendering capabilities of Adobe After Effects by dividing and distributing the work ordinarily performed on a single computer among several computers joined together in a network. [ ] 102629) ORACLE APPLICATIONS ARCHITECT SHARES INTEGRATION DETAILS Oracle Senior Vice President of Applications Technology Cliff Godwin spoke to Oracle AppsWorld attendees about the company's standards-based leadership in the applications market, and outlined integration options for customers in heterogeneous environments who want a single source of customer truth. [ ] 102630) IBM OFFERS SPECIALIZED GRIDS TO FIVE KEY INDUSTRIES IBM is expanding its Grid program into the commercial sector, offering programs to the aerospace, government, life sciences, financial and automotive industries. The company already is working with Charles Schwab on Grid-enabling its headquarters in San Francisco. [ ] 102631) RENOWNED COMPANIES HARNESS POWER OF ORACLE DATABASE 10g Companies spanning multiple industries -- consumer-packaged goods, financial services, government agencies, life sciences, retailers -- have adopted Oracle Database 10g as their preferred database for simplified database administration and management. [ ] 102632) SUN SEES INCREASED DEMAND FOR TOTAL NETWORK SOLUTIONS Sun announced it has secured major deals with several industry-leading businesses and organizations that are looking to manage ever-changing workload needs with high-end servers. [ ] 102633) MARKET RESEARCH VALIDATES VERITAS' UTILITY COMPUTING STRATEGY Independent research by Dynamic Markets has revealed that a growing number of organizations are deploying service level agreements (SLAs) between their IT departments and lines of business. [ ] 740082 ) HP Collaboration and Competency Network Advanced Technologies to Simplify The Complexity of Grid Solutions SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS ==================================================== [ ] 102634) ALBERTA RESEARCHERS ACCELERATE RESULTS WITH GRID INITIATIVE A new three-year joint initiative between the government of Alberta, Silicon Graphics and the University of Alberta will make it easier for Alberta researchers, universities and organizations to use Grid computing to solve complex scientific problems. [ ] 102635) BORLAND EXTENDS APPLICATION LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP Deployment Op-Center is designed to reduce the complexity and high operational overhead associated with controlling the availability and continued "health" of software infrastructure, applications, and services in today's highly distributed and heterogeneous IT environments. [ ] 102636) HP TO ACQUIRE NOVADIGM, CONSERA SOFTWARE Upon close, each will add powerful automation capabilities to the HP OpenView software portfolio for unified management of the complete enterprise IT environment. [ ] 102637) PLATFORM COMPUTING BUILDS GRID MOMENTUM IN FINANCIAL SERVICES Leading financial institutions around the world, including JPMorgan Chase and Groupe Societe Generale are using Platform Symphony to improve front- and back-office application performance, deliver guaranteed service execution and reduce processing times from days or hours to minutes. BREAKING NEWS ============================================================= SECURITY [ ] 102638) Network Box Advises Clients Against Using P2P Applications PLATFORMS [ ] 102639) Aspen Systems Introduces Glacier Dual Blade Server System [ ] 102640) HP To Begin Offering Opteron-Based Servers [ ] 102641) Intel Boosts Computer Chips NETWORKING [ ] 102642) Abilene Network Upgrade To 10 Gbps Complete [ ] 102643) EMCORE, Corona Optical Systems Sign Cross Licensing Agreement [ ] 102644) Extreme Networks Eliminates Costly Upgrades W/ 48-Port Switch [ ] 102645) Foundry Networks Reports Fourth Quarter, Year End Results [ ] 102646) IP VPN Services Market Poised To Grow [ ] 102647) Procket Release Enables Wire-Speed, Reliable IP Services [ ] 102648) Tech Laboratories Introduces DynaTraX 'Virtual Technician' [ ] 102649) Xilinx Demonstrates 10 Gbps NRZ Backplane Reference Design STORAGE [ ] 102650) QLogic Shipping First Stackable Fibre Channel Switches OPERATING SYSTEMS & MIDDLEWARE [ ] 102651) FineGround, F5 Networks To Deliver High Performing Web Apps [ ] 102652) Mandrake Re-Engineers Linux Development Process [ ] 102653) Novell Launches New Certifications To Promote Linux Adoption [ ] 102654) Nippon Telegraph And Telephone Joins OSDL [ ] 102655) OSDL Announces First Chinese Member GENERAL [ ] 102656) New Book By XAware CTO, CO-Founder Now Available [ ] 102657) First Book About IBM's e-business On Demand Vision Released [ ] 102658) Nassda Full-Chip Co-Simulation Solution Adopted By Aeluros [ ] 102659) Oki Introduces Microsoft .NET-based Telephony Server [ ] 102660) Packeteer Announces Record Financial Results [ ] 102661) W3C Names New Web Services Activity Coordination Group Chair QUOTE OF THE WEEK ========================================================== [ ] 102625) "With the TeraGrid, we can solve a much bigger problem. 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